New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 10

;at the Metho- will¢be as fol- Joy to the World"” ord’s Prayer eading and Response lodie’ B mon—"A Christmas 9 First Christmas”... i (:ANTATA ‘hristmas” . (Part I, cy—Behold, the days ith. the Lord O Em- our King and lawgiver Chorus Bunciation—The Angel Ga- sent from God Bolor ana Chorus Part 1T M of the Shepherds— and ' Chorus—There were erds abiding in the fleld Holp—And the angel said oem . .Mathews Glory to God in the ' > Irngy of the Shepherds—-And to pass, when the angels ‘gane away g @elo and Chorus 88 of the Bky—O lovely tvoices g Solo and Chorus Part IIT Qum of the Magi— nstrumental March Selos and Chorus—Behold, there came wise men from the East Chorus — From the Eastern mountaing Solo—And when they were come into the house Chorus—O come, all ye faithful Contralto Solo and Chorus—Sleep, Holy Babe! In slumber lie Part IV Fulfilment of the Prophecy— Chorus and Solo—Awake, put on thy strength, O Zion Solo—For the Lord hath comfort- ' ed His people Chorus—Christ, God the Father Christmas Message, by the Minister L to Thee, with Solo and Chorus into the house The evening service at 7:30 will melst of the story of “The Other "Wige Man" by.VanDyke which will ‘Be told and illustrated in: 40 slides. eside this there will be the Christ- s story illustrated by pictures [ taken from the old master which will 2 further impressed by tableaux il- ustrating the Annunciation, the Visit | f ‘the Wise Men, and the Nativity. whole service will be a quiet serv- o by candlo light, The program is as follows: A EVENING SERVICE, 7:30. Organ Prelude—‘Andante”. Silver er nthem—"O Night of Peace and _* Stiliness’ .N !Mntad Hymn—*Har! ald Angels Sing” pture—"Testimony of the Magi” he Story of the Other Wise Man" S Van Dyke masters otl-rtory—"(xlm on the Listening | Mar of Night" +++....Nicoll | *Tableaux— “The Annunctation” ‘“The Visit of the Wise Men" Hymn—'‘There’s a Star in the Sky” “The Nativity” Hymn—*“Silent Night" and Response ude—"Postlude in B flat”... Rogers b S6uth Church. ‘At the South church the morning wervice will be held as usual at 10:45. Dr. Hill will preach on the topic, “The | Meast of Consolation.” The music is as follows: Prelude—Adoration of the Magi .. PERR Malling Mb—sang of the Angels oo e Traditional 18th Century { A Joyful Christmas Song ..... ... Traditional rFench Oftertory—Fromn Heaven High .. Traditional 14th Century Christmas Song 5 Traditional 14th Century Cl.rol—-The ~Shepherd’s Christmas /. Song . Traditional 18th Century Postlude—] etu \‘.fl the Magi ... e .. Malling M the’ veaper service at 4:30, a ecial program of Christmas carols vlll be sung. All are welcome. ¥ Prehldov—chrhtmu Pastorale | Carol A ‘White Dove Flew Heaven ... . Tenor solo—The Hush Hath\'Fallen Carols—In Yonder. Manger . Spence Mraditional 16th Century | . O'er the Crade of a King . Breton Carol here’s a Song in the Air .... Speaks Carols—The Carol of the Flow- ers Traditional French So Gentle Traditional French ' Birthday of a .e...... Neidlinger Contralto solo- " vine Traditional Haytian Cradle song Boprano Solo—Song of the Bressan Waites .... Carol—O Fair Night .. Postlude—Hallelujah Chorus . O Wondrous Holy Stanlcy Memorial Church. The Nativity of our Lord will be " the theme at all the services tomor- . Mntihews‘\ Po&lud | Day, . Traditional French ‘Weber \ Handel pastor, Rev. James E. Rees, will' preach a sermon on “Finding the King.” The Sunday sehool will meet at 12.° A Christmas service has been prepared by the Sunday school and | will be rendered at 7 p. m. Recita- | tions and songs and the receiving of gifts from the children will constitute the program. The congregation will be given an opportunity to partici- pate in the giving in the offering, which will be devoted to help supply the needs of children in foreign lands. A cordial invitation.is extended to ithese:services. — First Baptis¢sChurch. Prelude—*Pastorale” .......Salome Anthem—"Awaken, Put on Thy Strength’” Anthem—*Sing, Zion" . Anthem— e s e s o oo FTEY O Daughter of ee—eee—e. - -+ Loepke e Birthday of a King” veesovewm... Neidlinger *Hallelujah Chorus”.... .. Handel First Congregational Church. The following program has been amounced for the-Christmas music at the: First church on Sunday: #(a) Grand:Chorus .. Guilmant Organ prelude | (b) Christmas Pastoral . Wood Choir Hymn—*“Once in Royal David’s City. Anthem—Bethlehem ... Gounod | Anthem—Birthday of a King ..... avosseyeenns Neidlinger Oflmry——Contralw Solo, He Shall Feed His Flock Handel Organ Postlude—Hosannah .. Wachs Miss Grace Baum will assist in the program. On{unday, December 30th, at 4:30, there will be an organ re- cital and.also a Christmas carol by the choir. Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Christmas Sunday will be as fol- lows: In the morning at 10:45 besides the usual children’s sermon, Which will be @ Christmas Story, and brief Christmes message by the minister, the chorug will render the cantata, “The First Christmas™ by Mathews. In the evening at 7:30 the program will consist of Van Dyke's “The - Story of the Other Wise Man,” iHus- trated with forty slides, followed by the “Nativity’” illustrated by pictures from the old masters, after which the story of “The Nativity”” will be given in tableaux. Throughout the serv- ice Christmas earols will be rendered by the chorus and fMustrated Christ- | mas hymns will be sung. The church, which is beautifully decorated for Christmas, will be lighted only with candles. Everyone is wvery cordially invited. Come and enjoy the quiet ! candle light service. The Church Sunday School will meset at the usual hours, as well as the+Young People’s meeting. Swedish Elim Church. J. E. Klingberg, pastor. school .at 10 o’clock and worship at 11, with sermon on *“Is- | rael’s True Ruler.”” At 5 o’clock in the afternoon a Young People’s meet- | ing will be held, to be followed by a social hour. ing service at 7 o’clock. The r will preach on “Joseph’s Dream.” On Christmas | a service will be held at 5:30 | in the morning, and the Sunday school entertainment will be held in the af- ternoon at 5 o’clock. Universalist Church. Jr.;0. U. A. M. hall, Hungerford court. Services Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. Roger F. Etz will | spuk on “The Prince of Peace nnd1 a World at War.” Special Christmas | music. P\lbli(‘,invhed to attend. First Church of Christ, Scientist. Chapel, corner- of West Main street and Park Place. Sunday morning gervice at 10:45. Subject, “Is the universe, including man, evolved by atomic force?” Sunday school at 9:45. Wednesday evening meeting at | 8 o'clock. The reading room at the same mddress is open dally from 2 unti] Gvo’clock. Sunday morning | People’s Church. Sunday—10 o'clock, Praise and Prayer. 10:45, Morning Worship, Rev. R. C. Steimhoff will preach. 12:15, Bible School. 5:45, Young People’s meeting. 7 o’clock, Evening Service, Rev, R. C. Steinhoff will speak. ‘Wednesday—Women's Misslonary Prayer Band will meet with Mrs. A. J. Hawxhurst, 84 Prospect street. Thursday—7:45, Prayer Meeting. Advent Church, Preaching at 10:45 a. m. by Rev. 8. B. Giles. Subject, “Having the ! geal of the living God.” Sunday school will hoid its Christmas exer- cises at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when an exceflent program will be given including singing and special music and giving the children their presents. Sunday evening preaching service for this occasion will be at 6:30 p. m. following a praise service. | Prayer meeting, coming week on Fri- | day evening at 8 o'clock. All wel- come. MISS AXELSON ENGAGED. / Mr. and Mrs. August Axelson an- nounced the engagemernt of their daughter, Olga Victoria, to V. Earl Irons, of Morgantown, West Vir- | ginia, at a party given at their home, 533 Stanley street, last night. Miss | Axelson is a student at the Williman- tic State Normal school and Mr. Irons is a student at Yale. SETTLED OUT -OF COURT. A satisfactory setilement out of court has been effected in the case of H. Lipman versus the Connecticut company. The plainfiff claimed dam- | ages for injuries to his horse and wa- | Bon as well as personal injury. At- torney M. D. Saxe was council for | Lipraan. BUILDING. CO. SUED. RackMffe Bros.” Co. Inc, today brought suit through Attorney A. A. Greenberz against the New Britain | Caufield, TEACHERS LEAVE High School Instructors Going Away for Christmas There was a great exodus of the High school teachers from town yes- terday after the school closed for the Christmas holidays. Most of the of town and this has been the first chance to get home since the schools opened in September. Louis P. Slade will spend the holidays at his home in this city. Clinton E. Farnham, the vice principal, will visit relatives in Springfield. Miss Ina W. Atwood has gone to her home in Watertown, Conn. Miss Fannie E. Bacon, teacher of history and Algebra, has left for her home in Middletown. Miss A. Ernes- tine Barry has gone to her home in Malden, Mass. Miss Maude Brown, instructor in science, has gone to Brattleboro, Vt. Charles J. Camp- bell, instructor in physics, is visiting his home in Peekskill, N. Y. Miss Anna K. Crosby, teacher of English, has departed for Somerville, Mass. Two of the teachers live so far west that they would have too short a stay at home to make it worth while for them to leawe. Miss Alice V. S. Johnson, teacher of English has left for Brookline, Mass. Miss Mabel Judge, instructor in Latin, has gone to Waterbury for the holidays. Miss Millie G. McAuley is spending her fitst Christmas vacation in this city. Her mother recently moved here and she has taken up her residence here. Miss Blanche Staples has gone away down east to Portland, Maine, and Mary M. Souther, teacher of French, has left for Quincy, Mass. Miss Ve- rena Suter will pass the recess in Vermont and Miss Mary J. Atwell will sojourn in Bellevue, Pa. Elsie R. Becker, teacher of English, has gone home to Utica, N. Y., and Miss Miriam H. Boardman, who instructs in bookkeeping, will enjoy Christmas in East Lynn, Mass. Justice A. Brown has gone to Waterbury and Selma J. Fritze, teacher of penmanship, has left for Branford. Miss Josephine Crawley, teacher of shorthand, has gone to Worcester and Grace Holton, instructor in art, has departed for Springfield. teacher of typewriting, is at Spencer, Mass. McEneaney are in Middletown and Danbury, respectively. Agnes S. Or- dung, teacher of typewriting, has gone in geography, has gone to Nahant, Mass. to pass the recess in Rockfall, RED CROSS STREET HONOR ROLL 1S 31 (Continued from First Page.) Conn. Steele, M. Byrne, Julle Dunn, Lucy | Clark, Mrs. L. B. Mallory, Mrs. Albert | Schilling, Miss Fletcher, Miss Madeline Miss Elizabeth Slaney, Mrs. Howard S. Parsons, Miss Mildred Goodwin, and Miss May Caswell. A number of other women are also as- sisting, whose names the chairman of | the booth committee was unable to | procure. Ward Captains. The sixth ward captains who are out today are as follows: Fred Cran- dall, Mr. Natzke, Mr. Troop, L Kop- lowitz, V. Fornzini, H. Najaran, O. A, Marsh, Irving Rachlin, L. Jones, J. Bell, Thomas J. Smith, H. N. Lock- wood, A. A. Greenberg, Mrs. O. A. Peterson and E. J. Hen- nessey. They held an enthusiastic meeting last night at headquarters. CITY ITEMS ‘White tissue paper, 10c roll, at Ad- kins', 66 Church St.—Advt. James Roche, a substitute letter carrier at the post office, who was sent to Camp Devens with the second increment of drafted men, has re- ceived his discharge papers on account of physical disability. Give the boy one of our $1 fountain pens, Adking’, 66 Church Sts—Advt. William L. Dudack is home 1rom Georgetown university for the Christ- mas recess. Christmas boxes for gifts at Atkins’, 66 Church St.—Advt. Ensign John Walsh and Seaman Charles Walsh are home for the Christmas holidays. Large stock of dolls and doll carri- ages at Gladding’s Tay Dept—Advt. Lieutenant Frank J. Shearer of the Signal Corps, writes to local friends of his safe arrival at Charlotte, S. C, training camp. € Paper doll outfits 35¢c and 75c each. Adkins, 66 Church St.—advt. Toys, Toys, Toys, at Gladding’s— Advt, White paper for wrapping Xmas packages, 10-15¢ at Adkins’, 66 | Church street.—Advt. “Bob” Spencer will sing several of his own compositions at Kitson's dance, Bungalow, Xmas night.—advt. Paper doll outfits~85¢c and 75c each. Adkins, 66 Church St.—-advt. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Edward W. Bassett. Funeral services for Edward Whit- ney Bassett were conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon from his late home in East Berlin. Rev. Mz Dodge, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated and burial was in the Wilcox cemetery, —_— Building company for $400 for goods sold and delivered. The writ is re- turnable in the city court on the first .¥0W, At the morning service the Monday in January. Michael Karakashian Funeral services for Michael Kara- lkashn.n were conducted at 2 o'clock GITY FOR HOMES. teachers at the High school live out | Miss Christine J. Kane, | Carrie P. McDonald and ‘Ethel | to Boston and Emma Poland, tutor Miss Florence Winter has left B. Gordon, | Battle, wounds and death do not deter the people in the war zone in France from making preparations for | this afternoon in the Erwin Mortuary chapel by Rev. Elisha E. Adams. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Kathleen L. Dow. Rev. M. S. Anderson will officiate at the funeral service for Kathleen Louige Dow at 2 o’clock tomorrow af- ternoon. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. P. 0. OPEN TOMORROW Postmaster W. F. Delaney has made arrangements for the clerks and car- | riers of the local postoffice to work tomorrow in an effort to eliminate all | possibilities of congestion Monday and ; Tuesday. The carriers throughout tha ! city, with the exception of these tak- ing mail to business houses, which will be cloed, will make one delivery. | | The force has been augmented by all | the regular substitutes and four tem- porary carriers. Five young men have been assigned to the special delivery | work. The entire clerical force will | | work tomorrow with the regular sub- stitutes and three temporary addi- | | tions. The parcel post delivery will | be conducted throughout the day. (GERMAN SUBMARINE - SUNKIN BATTLE (Continued From First Page). | et assembly which will decide upon | peace, the land qnestion and other re- I forms while the left is dominated by | the soldiers’ and workmen'’s delegates. ! The latter take the position that the soldiers’ , and workmen’'s delegates should be given authority above that | of the constituent assembly. All. at- tempts to heal the branch have failed. The left wing has a slight ma- Jority. Officers of the Baltic fleet have adopted a resolution protesting against the latest reform which places the supreme command of the fleet in the hands of the body of elect- ed sailors and makes all posts elec- tive. The resolution of protest declares the reform if carried out will paralyze the fleet and prevent peace on a dem- ocratic basis, because to impotent * Russia peace will be dictated by the imperialists of the enemy. i Lull At Front. London, Dec. 22.—The 1ull on the i British front continues. German raids at several points last night are the | only activities reported in today's of- | | ficial statement. Against Premier. Petrograd, Dec. 21.—M. Tchernoff, former minister of agriculture and | Mme. Catherine Breshkovskaya and other socialist revolutionist members of the constituent assembly have pro- claimed their determination not to submit to Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotzky but to convene the assembly ad to endeavor through it to carry out a program of peace.and land freedom. The total number of members elect- ed to the constituent assembly is now 268 but only 48 of these have been registered as members by the Bolshe- viki. Not Submarine. At Atlantic Port, Dec. 22.—The British steamship, City of Naples, re- ported a few days ago to have been sunk by a submarine off the British coast while under convoy of destroy- ers, arrived here today. It was learned the vessel was not attacked by a U-boat, but struck a mine and, her of- ficers fearing she was seriously dam- aged, put back to a British port. There an examination of the hull proved the effect of the explosion was neglible and the ship resumed her voyage. An American vessel whcih was in the same convoy with the City of Naples brought the story of the Brit- ish ship's supposed sinking. The ac- cident occarred on December 5 when the fleet was five days out from port. Paris Statement. Parts, Dee. 22—The war office state- ment says: “Artillery activity has been inter- mittent at several points on the front, but more active in the region such Christmas cheer as is possible for them. The illustration shows two French soldiers procuring a little tacked our front line trenches west of Cerny were repulsed. At Hart- mannsweiler-Kopf the enemy, favored by a raid in having been able to pene-. trate into our first line trenches, have been entirely ejected following an en- gagement in the course of which he suffered heavy losses. “One hundred and eighteen shells have been fired on Rheims. “Belgian statement—‘During the last two days an intense fog has pre- | Christmas tree, and a nurse decor- ating the quarters of one of her pa- tienta. vailed, during the course of which ar- tilery activity has been less intensive. Near Dixmude and Kippe we repelled | several enemy movements toward our batteries.” “Eastern theater—In the course of | a raid in the region of Lake Butkova, British troops captured one officer and 54 Bulgarian soldiers. There is the usual artillery activity in the region of Dolran. It is quiet on the rest of the front.” GERMAN AIRPLANE ABLAZE IN MIDAIR topyright. B3 réeiwsce & Undernsad This wonderful picture of a Boche rlane blazing in midair as it hurtled cownward is one of the most remark- able photographs made in the war. The German battleplane was - flying above the lines ‘somewhere in FIND CHARRED BONE Two British sailors digging for the bodies of the members of their fam- ilies in the Halifax ruins, which are covered with snow and ice. The sea- of Caurieries wood (Champagne). “In Alsace. the Germans who at- men found the charred remains of their relatives and carried them away. France” when a French airman got directly overhead. He bomb, hitting the Boche machine squarely in the middle. It fell a flam- ing mass as this photograph was made. S OF THEIR RELATIVES IN RUINS OF HALIFAX | | our i scarlet of the poppies, It was just one of the thousands of pathetic cases caused by the great ex- plosion. Ome of the sailors had a wife and two children, and the other a wife and three children. The en tire families were wiped out. dropped a | DO TASK AT HAND . This Is Essence of Christmas Message From Rev. W. F. Cook Rev. Warren F. Cook, pastor of Trinity M. E. church, sent the follow- ing Christmas message to his flock: This Christmas cannot be like any other we have known. I need not tell you why. The minds and hearts of men are darkened by the shadow of world events which no-one but the most superficial can push aside. | Even the bright light of past mem’ ories, the blessings of good health,, of good friends, of loved ones still near us, and all the good gifts of & country far. from the maddening’ scenes of war, are not sufficlent to drive this shadow of chaotic world condition from our minds. We can-/ not escape it. We do not want to. escape it. When we face a hard task we feel that we have been slackers if we back away from it or go round leaving it for the next to come. On the other hand we feel a deep sense of satisfac- tion if we buckle right down and con- quer the thing at hand. The harder it is the more our satisfaction. This is the spirit in which we must meet the present day. Whether our bur- den is because of personal loss and misfortune, or whether it comes through the larger communal issues of a world at war, or both, let us know that there is but one way to meet it manfully, and that, in a spirit of sound determination, not to allaw., it to dampen our spirit of hope and ' | goodwill or cloud our faith in the ul- timate triumph of right. These are glorious days! Thefa' were never better days to live in than these—never such days of opportu- nity and challenge. Never were there: such days before in which to test and bring out the real stuff of which men. and women are made. While thia | will be a sad Christmas for many, there is a sense in which it will ba the best Christmas the world has yef known. ‘‘We're a bigger, better ped- ple than we have been before. Wo’n’ decidd to go up our Calvary—and wa shall save a world.” We are slowly putting off our old life of ease and self indulgence, and, a bit reluctantly but surely, putting on our new Iite of’ sacrifice’ and unselfish ' purpose, which is 'becoming the garment of’ the world. We are giving the best we have and we shall be ready ‘to ‘give all we have, if necessary, ‘to feed the fires of war that those fires may put out forevar.” How shallow and selfish life ' was growing before this war broke in.upon us. The deeper meanings of life were being lost in the mad rush of_fashio; fortune and frivolity. The world was losing its soul. And now the world id, ' béing stirred to its deptlis. Men are coming back from the trenches who' Wwill have seen life in all its bare reali- ties. Men will have walked through’ the valley and the shadow of death, it indeed they have not- fallen there. Those who come; through alive will be . sobered .by . these experiences. They: will have learned the real from the superficial. " They will have found the true worth of human syn:pathy ari human kindness. They will know the full meaning of human brotherhood. ! Others who cannot go, will learn simi- lar lessons through their labors and gifts and losses. And when these men who come: back, walk our streets again bearing in their bodies, minds and souls the marks of the world’s Calvary, we will catch some of their spirit and live bet- | ter, nobler lives. This will be the: world’s reward for its pain and loss. God is blessing us if we but see ana“ accept it. For the highest meaning of life is not found in joy and happi~. ness, but in the development of char-. acter. It is true that joy and happi- - ness come through the development of . character, but these are incidental ek wards. If we seek these first we shak certainly meet with disappointment | and sadness. ‘““He that seeketh M8 own happiness shall lose it but he that: forgeteth his own happiness for oth- ers sake shall indeed find it.” We hava. long used the expression *“A Merry Christmas” as a Yuletide wish. We. will begin now to wish our friends a meaningful Christmas—one which wills De full of blessings whether of pros-: perity or adversity, of fortune or mis-: fortune. Back of the lines in France is a ruined cathedral in a ruined village,. 4 e | but the altar is untouched, and every Sunday morning the altar lamp is lighted, the Host uplifted, the bless- ing of God invoked. And every Sun-' day morning the cathedral is shelled—, but the altar remains untouched. One | flinds in this a symbol—that in the, | very midst of the horror which this war has created there is a quiet place, where the lamp of hope and trust is kept burning. “From the polluted trenches of Vimy the poppies spring up, blazoning abroad in vivid scarlet lads’ willing sacrifice. All Jast'_ April, high above the shooting of our guns, the lark sank joyously.” The the song of the. larks, the lamp shining on the altar, A\ | are but signs of the un(‘onquemle. righteous faith which lies in the' hearts of men—a faith made right~ eous and unconquerable by the very - struggles men underga. Assemble, then, in your homes, or in the homes of your friends, on_ Christmas Day, to rejoice in reunions," where possible, and in the joys which come through the gifts of those whase love you ave won: but, more than all else, rejoice in the faith which holds you steadfast in ‘these trying times while the fires are;purging your lfe of alloy and proving the pure geld of your character. This is the supreme Christmas _gift which comes d&own from the “Man of sorrows who was acquainted with grief, and who for @ the joy that was set before Him eén- dured the cross.’ May this splrit dominate your Christmas fesnvlue. and all your life. &